Martin Luther King, Jr.

I was going to post a column for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but decided to go a different route. Instead I will simply commemorate the day with one of my favorite quotes from Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, one to which our politicians could pay closer heed:

"Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
Expediency asks the question - is it political?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is right."

and another by Viktor Frankl, from his book Man's Search For Meaning:

"There are two races of man in this world…the 'race' of the decent man and the 'race' of the indecent man."

Reverend King was a shining example of the former.